Autographic register.



A. KRAUTH.

AUTOGRAPHIC REGISTER.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 30, 1914.

Patented Dec. 29, 1914.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 1.

A. KRAUTH.

AUTOGRAPHIO REGISTER. APPLIUATION FILED JAN. 30, 1914.

Patented Dec. 29, 1914.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

' III/IllI'lIIIlIIIII/II' I/IIIIIII UNITED STATES PATENT orrio ALBERT KBAUTH, or HAMILTON, OHIO.

auroennrnrc' REGISTER.

Application filed January 30, 1914. Serial No. 815,393.REISS I To all whom it'may'concem:

Be it known that I, ALBERT KRAUTH, a citizen of the United States, residing at Hamilton, in the county of Butler and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Autographic Registers, of which the-following is a specification.

My invention relates to an improvement in vautographic registers, and primarily in the type of machines known to the trade as pull-out machines, in which the paper is manually withdrawn from the machine a desired length and severed from the strip across a tearing blade fitted to the upper end of theside frames.

An object of the-invention is to provide means capable of intercepting a strip of paper in 1ts withdrawal from the machine, by engaging therethrough at predetermined measured intervals, divisional ofspecific sized sheet blanks, to arrest its advance or withdrawal for subsequent performances, as in presenting the. extracted paperfull sheet length for severance and restraining a successlve sheet length within the machine upon the writing table. This enables the operator to withdraw and sever constant ,invariable. sheet lengths of paper without careful observation.

Another object of my invention is to provide a frame structure having a gate channel through'which the paper is longitudinally withdrawn, the upper wall of the channel provided with a knife edge across which the paper is severed, and a yielding member provided with protuberances moving transversely through the channel, to automatically engage through perforations formed in the paper, and arrest its withdrawal until manually released.

The features of .my invention will be more fully disclosed by the accompanying drawings depicting a preferred embodiment thereof, and the following description thereof, forming a part of the specification, and in the drawings like characters of reference denote corresponding: parts throughout the various views.

Figure 1 is a top plan view of an auto- .graphic register containing my improve- .ings, is-embodied in the simplest form of ment. Fig. 2is a section on line 2--2, Fig.

' 1, and Fig. 3' is a mutilated top plan view of a modified form.

The invention, as disclosed in the draw- Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 29, 1914..

tional form, one section hingedly mounted upon the second for convenient access into the interior of the frame. The side frames are provided with supports for journaling the webs of paper under a proper degree of tension. A writing-table 3 is secured upon and supported between the side frames over which the paper from the webs is fed, and 4 represents a hingedly mounted margin frame mounted above the writing table and beneath which the paper is fed. The forward end of the machine is provided with a tearing-blade 5 secured to the side frames and at an elevation slightly above the writing table to permit the paper to be fed beneath the tearing-blade, as it is withdrawn from the machine, whereby the paper can be pulled across the knife edge of the blade to sever the Withdrawn lengths. The paper is perforated or apertured at predetermined intervals divisional of the specific sized sheet blanks of which the strip of paper is comprised, or designating limits in the paper withdrawal from the machine. The

drawings disclose a sheet or strip provided with two alined perforations within the divisional spacing separating the sheet blanks, but any number may be provided and their disposition modified depending upon the position of the paper arresting means from I the paper exit. A flexible member 6 is fixed to the under-surface of the writing'table 3 and extended forward so that its free end is beneath the tearing blade. This member is provided with one or more pinsor protuberances 7, which project through an orifice in the writing-table and into an orifice be employed carrying any number of pins drawal so as to automatically intercept the paper within the channel when a given perforation registers with-the pin, or line of perforations when a series of pins are employed, to arrest further withdrawal of the paper and thereby define a predetermined sheet length, into which the strip is divided.

In the drawings I have showntwo flexible members 6 each carrying a pin. and it is obvious that a single flexible plate may corresponding to the number of divisional perforations; The plate is depressed to dis engage the pins from the perforations and clear the channel. This is accomplished by the provision of a rock-shaft 9 journaled in theside frames 1 and 2, with a handle 10 fixed to one end of the shaft which is preferably proiected beyond one of the side frames to provide the handle exterior of the frame. The rock-shaft is provided with a pin or arm 11 engaging through an elongated slot 12 formed in an arm 13 fixed to the flexible plate 6. Therefore, when the lever is depressed it will correspondingly depress the flexible plate moving its pin or pins below the surface of the writing-table to release it paper interceptions.

-in-th e drawings I have illustrated. a rockshaft as connected-with all ofthe flexible blades of the series to simultaneously depress all, of the pins. It is obvious. however. that a single blade may be employed provided with an extension extending beyond the frame adapted to be engaged by I the operator and the flexible plate punched -to provide tangs the equivalent of'the pins F illustrated in the modified view shown in The tearing-blade 5 is provided with an aperture 14 for the insertion of the pencil so as to slightly depress the paper and offer convenience for manually grasping the paper when it is desired to withdraw the same from the machine. It will be noted that it is only necessary to depress the pins until the paper has been moved sufficiently to prevent registry of the pins. with the perforations when they can be released so as to engage the under-surface of the paper and snap into position through successive perforations for a subsequent operation. By this construction constant invariable measured lengths of paper can be withdrawn from the register and the successive sheets properly positioned beneath the writingtable for entry purposes andmanifold purposes. in which the alinement and printing registry is positively maintained between the several superposed sheets. in severing the paper beyond the perforations the pins are normally engaged through the perforations and serve as a brake for restraining rearward movement of the paper beneath the margin frame.

In the modified view, Fig. 3, if have shown the ends of the flexible plates 6 as curled to receive the rod or wire 15 for depressing the plates. llhe ends of the wire are bent upwardly and horizontally over the tearing blade 5 and thence downwardly, each end respectively projecting through an orifice in the tearing blade for engaging the upper surface of the paper to depress the free end of the paper, for a convenient grasp thereof, simultaneous with the retreat of the pins or paper engaging proturberances 7. One end of the wire 15 is bent to form a thumb-hold 16. The pins, as shown in saidview, are

formed integral with their blade by stamping. 1 have shown the tearing blade 5 as an independent component of the machine, but it is obvious. and also herein contemplated, to form the same integral with the margin frame and a practise known in the art.

Having thus described my invention, it claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States 1. A device of the nature disclosed combining a frame from which a strip of paper is withdrawn, the strip having apertures predeterminately spaced longitudinally with its direction of withdrawal, and a member .yieldingly urged toward a face of said --transversely movable through the channel walls to engage through a registering aperture in the paper to intercept the paper withdrawal.

3. A device of the nature disclosed combining a frame structure provided with a gate channel through which a strip of paper is withdrawn, the strip having apertures alined longitudinally with its direction of withdrawal, an abutment member yieldingly urged'agai'nst a face of the strip and transversely movable through the channel walls to engage through a registering aperture in the paper to intercept thepaper withdrawal, and means for manually moving said abutment for strip release.

4. A device of the nature disclosed combining a frame structure provided with a gate channel through which a strip of paper apertured at definitely spaced intervals is longitudinally manually withdrawn, the upper wall at the terminal of said channel having a knife edge for severing. the withdrawn paper, and a yielding member having pins transversely movable through said channel and walls thereof to engage through.

, edge secured upon said side frame above the writing table at one end thereof beneath which the paper is drawn, and a yielding member having an element normally urged against the paper beneath said plate to intercept the same through registering apertures therein provided at definitely spaced intervals to arrest the paper withdrawal, said member being manually depressed for releasing the paper.

6. In an autographic register, a pair of side frames for supporting therebetween webs of paper, a writing table connecting said frames, over which the paper from the webs is drawn, a plate connected to said side frame at an elevation above said table and at one end thereof, forming an intermediate passage for the paper, a series of yielding members each having a protuberance projected therefrom normally transverse across said way to intercept the paper through registeringapertures formed therein at definitely spaced intervals to arrest the longitudinal movement of the paper, a manually operated rocker member, accessible from the exterior of register, engaged with said yielding member for passage clearance and release of the paper.

7. In an autographic register, a pair of side frames for supporting therebetween Webs of paper, a writing table connecting said frames, over which the paper from the webs is drawn, a plate connected to said side frame at an elevation above said table and at one end thereof, forming an intermediate passage for the paper, a series of yielding members each having a protuberance projected therefrom normally transverse across said way to intercept the paper through registering apertures formed therein at definitely spaced intervals to arrest the longitudinal movement of the paper, a manually operated rocker member, accessible from the exterior of register, engaged with said yielding member for passage clearance and release of the paper, and means combined with said rocker member for moving the paper away from said plate for manually grasping the same.

8. A device of the nature disclosed combining a frame structure through which a strip of paper with serial apertures is withdrawn, and transversely movable means having paper engaging members functioning alternately, one to engage through a registering aperture to intercept the withdrawal of the paper and the second to flex the paper for accessible manual grasp.

9. In an autographic register, a pair of side frames, said frames having a supply strip of paper provided with serial apertures, a member secured between the side frames which the paper passes in its withdrawal, and a member having an element yieldingly urged against a face of the paper adapted to engage through a registering aperture in the paper and into said firstnamed member to intercept the paper withdrawal.

10. In an autographic register, a frame structure having a supply strip of paper with series apertures, a rigid member at the paper withdrawal end of the frame structure which the paper passes, an intercepting member yieldingly urged against a surface of the paper to engage through a registering my hand.

ALBERT KRAUTH. Witnesses:

F. G. DTESBACH, H. L. KRAUTH. 

